Columbia – In a show of defiance to lieutenant governor Andre Bauer’s recent comments comparing the poor to stray animals, the Palmetto State’s ‘Coalition of the Hungry’ group has issued a statement pledging to ‘copulate like rabbits,’ if the charitable-minded insist on continuing to feed them.

Charleston – On Monday, the Charleston County Republican Party censured Sen. Lindsey Graham for “many of the positions he has taken that do not represent the wishes of the people of Charleston County SC, such as: passing a “Cap & Trade” energy bill, bailing out banks, and granting amnesty for illegal aliens.”

Orangeburg – It was an unusual format for a debate and it had unexpected results. You wouldn’t expect to have a clear victor in a two-party, ten-way debate, but the near unanimous verdict is that state Sen. Robert Ford (D-Charleston) was the hands-down winner tonight.

Columbia – South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is proposing a new program that could potentially raise tens of millions of dollars for out cash-strapped state by selling water rights.